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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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S.B. 651
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health or safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall
take effect from the date it is enacted.
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May 16, 2002
The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401
Dear Mr. President:
In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 651 - Health Insurance - Nonrenewal of Individual Health Benefit
Plans — Requirements for Carriers with Affiliates.
This bill amends Maryland Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
provisions, requiring a health insurer, nonprofit health service plan or HMO (carrier)
that offers health benefit plans through an affiliate in the individual market to meet
certain notification and coverage requirements in the event the carrier elects not to
.renew all individual health plans.
House Bill 754, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 651.
Sincerely,
Parris N. Glendening
Governor
Senate Bill No. 651
AN ACT concerning
Health Insurance - Nonrenewal of Individual Health Benefit Plans -
Requirements for Carriers with Affiliates
FOR the purpose of requiring carriers to provide certain notice of a certain option- to
purchase certain coverage offered by an affiliate of the carrier under certain
circumstances; requiring carriers to offer certain coverage on a guarantee issue
basis under certain circumstances; prohibiting carriers from rating, certain
coverage on a substandard basis under certain circumstances; requiring carriers
that offer certain coverage to waive the waiting period under certain
circumstances; authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to disapprove a plan of
withdrawal under certain circumstances; defining a certain term; and generally
relating to requirements for carriers with affiliates when individual health
benefit plans are nonrenewed.
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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance
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